Tom Martin

Sportskool Hockey Coach

Hockey

Puck Handling
Coach Martin teaches the importance of puck control. Control the puck. Control the game.
Goaltending
Coach Martin & Mike Richter offer up tips & drills to help keep the puck out of the net.
Peter Forsberg Interview
NHL Superstar Peter Forsberg of the Philadelphia Flyers sits down for a unique Q & A.
Two on One
Kris Draper tells you how to execute & defend the 2-on-1 break.
Backward Skating
Coach Martin shows you why skating backwards is a key to your hockey skills
Balance
Adam Graves calls balance a key to successful hockey. Improve yours with these drills.
Checking
Adam Graves offers up the keys to giving and receiving clean checks.
Combination Drills
Coach Martin offers up a set of drills to help make you a complete hockey player.
Faceoffs
Kris Draper teaches you to win faceoffs on both ends of the ice everytime.
Multi Station Drills
Coach Martin offers up a set of drills that will take your game to the next level.
One on One
Adam Graves & Curtis Joseph give tips on scoring and defending on the 1-on-1 break.
Pass Control
Coach Martin teaches you the keys to handling offline passes with your hands or skates.
Practice
Coach Martin coaches the coaches on structuring your team's practice sessions.
Shooting
Adam Graves & Kris Draper talk about the keys to shooting. Learn how to shoot to score
Specialty Skills
Adam Graves offers up tips to improve your overall hockey game in this advanced lesson.
Three on One
Adam Graves & Mike Richter teach you the keys to a successful 3-on-1 break.
Turning
Coach Martin teaches you to improve your overall hockey play by improving your turning.

Tom Martin Bio

The first-round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967, Tom Martin has spent more than 40 years playing and coaching hockey at some of its highest levels.

Martin won a Memorial Cup (Canadian Junior Hockey's championship) with the Toronto Marlboroughs in 1966-67. He captained the Marlies the next season and had a three-game stint with the Maple Leafs, which started his 12-year professional career.

The right wing was the Central Hockey League's Rookie of the Year in 1969-70 when he scored 21 goals and 56 points for the Tulsa Oilers. He played 212 games in the World Hockey Association with the Ottawa Nationals and Toronto Toros. Martin ended his playing career with four seasons in Sweden, winning a league scoring title with 42 points in only 20 games for Lulea in 1975-76.

Martin spent his time in Sweden as a player/coach, first as an assistant and then the final two years as the head coach of the IK Viking.

He came back to North American and coached various levels of junior hockey, including a two-year stint with the Marlies (1983-85) where he coached well-known NHLers like Sean Burke, Steve Thomas and Peter Zezel.